The woman behind Sanna Marin and Suzanne Innes-Stubb’s stylish outfits: ‘Less is more’
Sari Hörkkö considers herself a seamstress, but also designs acclaimed outfits for celebrities like Sanna Marin and Suzanne Innes-Stubb.
The light-coloured, light-filled studio on Tehtaankatu in Helsinki is decorated with a detail from over a hundred years ago. In one corner is a greenish tiled stove that still works.
– I always light the fire in the oven when a customer is coming. The oven creates a nice atmosphere and also radiates heat.
Classic and elegant clothes
– We considered what would be stylish and appropriate for the situation, but royalty was not the starting point,” Hörkkö sums up.
– My job methods include that the customer is already involved in the design phase. Together we are looking for the materials and agreed on what colors to use, says Hörkkö.
In the eyes of many, it seemed that the Inses-Stubb was wearing a dress, but it was still a skirt that combines with a shirt-type top.
– This is part of my ideology. I make multipurpose and easy -to -customizable clothes. Therefore, the end result was not a dress.
Hörkö’s goal is to design clear, classic and elegant clothes with reduced lines.
– My motto is that less is more. Clarity can be supplemented with spectacular jewelry and accessories, and clarity does not mean boredom. I do not necessarily or actually make fashionable clothes, but always fit in the style of the carrier: you don’t have to go to the power of the power fashion, because it doesn’t always fit everyone.
Suzanne Innes-Stubb has quickly become a fashion icon, which Sari Hörkö says it’s no wonder.
– Of course, he dresses elegantly and is also a spectacular, international and smart person, beautiful and representative.
– It was a sixteen -year -old costume that was on display as a business card in that window of my studio. It was then modified to fit Marin.
Artificial fibres do not obey
– It has been wonderful to make the costumes of these talented designers, and maybe that’s why I don’t want me to be called a mere designer. I want to work in many different ways, says Hörkkö.
As a seamstress, Hörkkö favors certain materials.
– I love natural fibers, be it silk, wool, linen or cotton. It is said that they obey their author.
The opposite is the artificial fibers.
– My own disgust is definitely a polyester. If someone brings a polyester, I get the feeling that I can’t sew this. The polyester doesn’t just somehow edit, it doesn’t obey.
According to Sari Hörkö, clothing design and sewing is an integral part of the practicality, which also largely regulates the design itself.
– If you want to make a garment sitting on the female body, it must have certain cuts and certain seams. For me, such understanding has come with experience.
Suzanne Innes-Stubb’s skirt is a good example of this.
– He is wearing a narrow skirt, but since it was cut in a certain way, it doesn’t feel so narrow on top. How the fabric is cut affects how it adapts and descends.
Hörkkö says that cooperation with Inses-Stubb continues.
Sewing machine Rembrandt has not regretted his choice of profession
On one wall of Sari Hörkö’s studio, an antique trampled sewing machine is cuddling. It has played a significant role in Hörkö’s career choice.
– This is a mom’s old machine that I learned to sew. As a kid, I made clothes for barbs and dolls.
Later, Hörkö’s father began to call his daughter a sewing machine-remb, according to a famous Dutch artist.
While Rembrandt painted with oil and brushes, Hörkkö arts with fabrics and threads. There are several white glittering machines in the studio, each with their own role. One stitch sews straight from the stitch, for the other sewing seams. The plane seam machine provides a certain type of stitch.
– It is good to own four different machines to be able to do a variety of things.
Sari Hörkkö has never regretted his career choice.
– I founded the sewing company in 1993. And still, every morning, I love to go to work.